Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
AESOPBeware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
AESOPAdversity tests the sincerity of friends.
AESOPBetter poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.
AESOPLook and see which way the wind blows before you commit yourself.
AESOPPersuasion is more effective than force.
AESOPThere are many statues of men slaying lions, but if only the lions were sculptors there might be quite a different set of statues.
AESOPUninvited guests are often most welcome when they leave.
AESOPServants don’t know a good master till they have served a worse.
AESOPIt is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters.
AESOPLabour is the source of every blessing.
AESOPNo act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
AESOPVices are their own punishment.
AESOPThere can be no good fable with human beings in it. There can be no good fairy tale without them.
AESOPSlow and steady wins the race.
AESOPThose who assume a character which does not belong to them, only make themselves ridiculous.
AESOPIt is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
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